Comfort Ye

Isaiah directed his words to a suffering people, lost in a wilderness of self-indulgence, caring little for others. He spoke of punishment and suffering, of justice for those who have caused pain to others. And he spoke of comfort.

The wilderness will rejoice and blossom. …the ransomed of the Lord will return. They will enter Zion with singing; everlasting joy will crown their heads.

When Mary visited Elizabeth, the soon to be mother of John the Baptizer, she gave a prophecy that Isaiah might have uttered. He has performed mighty deeds with his arm; he has scattered those who are proud in their inmost thoughts…. He has filled the hungry with good things but has sent the rich away empty.

Jesus, the Messiah, he who had begun to form in Mary even as she met Elizabeth and the yet to be born John, gave comfort to John as that great prophet languished in prison, awaiting his execution. Jesus did not claim anything that had not been promised centuries before by Isaiah and many others, all speaking the Word given to them by the God of the Word.

The blind see, the lame walk, lepers cured, the deaf hear, the dead raised. Take comfort John. You have done a mighty deed. Accept the Peace of God.

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Neosho County, Kansas, January 6, 1886. A stranger guns down Remmy's family as he helplessly watches from a distance. The killer searches for Remmy who runs through the snow-covered farmland to a hiding hole. He avoids death the next day when the most deadly blizzard to ever strike the state covers his escape. He then learns from a friend that the sheriff believes he is the killer.
Remmy continues to run, stopping first in Fort Scott, then on to Kansas City. In the spring he joins the crew of Buffalo Bill's Wild West where he meets more friends who protect him and help him prepare for his return to search for the true killer. Along the way, Remmy wrestles with his sense of guilt for not saving his family, his fear of being the next victim, and the ultimate question: should he kill the killer?